Jiang was found on Saturday, Feb. 6, lying outside of his car on Lawrence Street in New Haven. He had several gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jiang was a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment and he was set to graduate next year, police said.
Police said Pan visited car dealerships in Connecticut and Massachusetts, looking to purchase a small model SUV and even asked to test drive vehicles, before the shooting.
On the day of the shooting, Pan stole a car in Mansfield, Massachusetts before driving to Connecticut, according to a police report.
MIT grad student, suspect in killing of Yale student, arrested after months-long search
By Charlie McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated May 14, 2021, 2 hours ago
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The 29-year-old MIT graduate student sought in connection with the February murder of a Yale student was captured Friday morning in Montgomery, Alabama after a months-long search, according to the US Marshals Service.
Qinxuan Pan is a suspect in the Feb. 6 murder of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang, 26, who was shot to death in New Haven, Conn. around 8:30 p.m. at the corner of Lawrence and Nicholl streets, in what police initially believed was a road rage incident. Jiang was engaged to Zion Perry, a 2020 MIT graduate.
Jiang was found on Saturday, Feb. 6, lying outside of his car on Lawrence Street in New Haven. He had several gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jiang was a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment and he was set to graduate next year, police said.
Police said Pan visited car dealerships in Connecticut and Massachusetts, looking to purchase a small model SUV and even asked to test drive vehicles, before the shooting.
On the day of the shooting, Pan stole a car in Mansfield, Massachusetts before driving to Connecticut, according to a police report.
Qinxuan Pan, wanted in alleged murder of Yale graduate student, arrested in Alabama
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NEW HAVEN Qinxuan Pan, wanted in connection with the February slaying of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang, has been arrested in Alabama, according to Massachusetts State Police.
David Procopio, a staffer with media relations for the Massachusetts State Police, said Pan had been taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Alabama either late Thursday or Friday. Massachusetts troopers assisted in the arrest, he said.